The Only Survivor Of Granite Mountain Hotshots

History an inferno near yarnell ariz that killed 19 of his fellow granite mountain hotshots on june 30 2013.

The only survivor of granite mountain hotshots.

Brendan mcdonough 21 is the lone survivor of the 20 man team that went into the yarnell hill fire as it spread throughout central arizona. A year after the 19 granite mountain hotshots perished in arizona s yarnell hill fire brendan mcdonough sat on the side of the road opened his truck s glove compartment pulled out his 9mm and. Granite mountain hotshots team leader eric marsh radioed through to let his commanders know the group had a predetermined safety zone. Only one granite mountain hotshot survived the fire.

An untold story from the day 19 firefighters died the helms only recently began talking publicly about the fire. Every one of the granite mountain hotshots except for mcdonough was burned alive sometime after 4 30 p m. On thursday the true story of those men who fought on the front lines premiered across the united states. Four years ago the granite mountain hotshots died battling a horrifying wildfire in yarnell.

Their eyewitness account sheds new light on what. Is the lone survivor of the yarnell hill fire tragedy of 2013. He lives in prescott arizona. On june 30 when the yarnell hill fire suddenly whipped 180 degrees around and cut off.

On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. The granite mountain hotshots an elite firefighting. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by dry lightning on june 28 2013 on june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots just one of the hotshots on the crew survived he was posted as a lookout on the fire and was not with the others when the fire overtook them. Today he is a public speaker and works with numerous nonprofits for veterans police officers firefighters and emergency medical services.